Zehy Jereis and his lawyer, Anthony Siano, leave the federal courthouse after his bribery trial in Manhattan on March 1.

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With his sentencing approaching next week on federal corruption charges, former Yonkers Republican Chairman Zehy Jereis is facing a lawsuit accusing him of renting out a city apartment last year that exposed a child to lead paint, making her ill.

Jereis, his wife, Saida, and their company Z. Jereis Real Estate LLC are being sued in state Supreme Court in Westchester County by Ventresca Carter, the mother of Vhizion Williams, who allegedly became ill from the exposure at the Mulberry Street apartment.

The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of money, charging that the company's ...